First Barbet to win a title in Dock Dogs Events...Finley (Sebastien Biscay's Black Pearl) and owner/handler Joanne Campagna of Buffalo New York won this title on the weekend (Feb 13/11) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Finley placed 1st in the Junior category after consistently jumping up to 10ft 11 inches to earn the title National Junior Jumper (Champion)

He is the first Barbet to earn a National Title in Dock Dogs.

There are many other interested Barbet/owners interested in Dock Dogs and the diving/speed retrieve. Anton jumps (currently has 2 - 4th place novice ribbons), Isis jumps and soon there will be more.What a excellent sport for the dogs, hard work and training for the handlers and lots of fun and entertainment to watch!!! Youtube - Canadianbarbet.

I understand that the Barbet book below is drawn from Wikipedia sources, and again not necssarily any factual information. I have decided to start a Barbet Wiki (leeks ) section to post some of the "intellectually challenged" information/ theories found on the web.

I do invite you to send me selected pieces of information you may see here and there around the world. There are some real wham-dingers.Names will be withheld to protect the sources.

This dog with a long pointy nose (standard says nose should be shorter than top of head), almost shaved head( hair should cover the eyes),short ears ( ears should touch the tip of the nose, the hair part, not the skin) is completely off standard for the Barbet,is sitting on the cover of a book about the Barbet, and that is scary.The poor dog probably even has a tail curled over the back.Dogs in that "state" should not be even confirmed any more...

Does anyone know about who is behind it? The authors?

It could be a Labradoodle for all we know.We now know some of the problems facing the labradoodle(no known ancestors meaning no knowlegedge of the past, character problems et al) and the Barbet is not a Labradoodle in most cases and that point needs to be stressed.

I recently bought a book in France about waterdogs and the info about the Barbet comes from a copy and paste style, well known on internet, meaning no research was done. I would like to say, as usual, if it were funny, but this type of information leads to the destruction and negative propaganda of a breed and not its promotion.

More and more "pseudo-experts" are popping up( groomers, handlers, or breeders never having done any (real) breeding), not ever having done any (real) research on the breed either and trying to step in and promote their idea of what a Barbet should be.So be real careful as to who your sources are.

That research has been done and it's called a standard.It was written in 1891 and yes, it has been played around with several times to make us believe a Barbet = a poodle but bigger, but that is more propaganda.

Propaganda is not a positive word, but we know how things like that overflow.

These are poodles below...You can't see their conformation under the coat and the coat is not even a Barbet coat. Yes, there are dogs around today that look like these.They're usually poofed out or shaved to the bone.

Writing the history of a breed takes a very very long time and a tremendous amount of work for it to make senes eand all the parts to fit in.This link below has been already mentionned in the past and now it appears that they are reaching their goal.They are not just mentionning/ listing anywhere the word shepherd has appeared, but a comprehensive history of how the breed evolved.That's what I am working on, and it is a tremendous amount of work. As we all know the word "Barbet" leads to confusion and some play on that.Enjoy the informative site below where the Grand Barbet is mentionned.